Amoako Tuffuor Never Disapproved Of Bawumia’s Candidacy

This is simply bad journalism. There have been several instances ofheadlines not reflecting their body stories in the Ghanaian media, butthis one may be the worst of them all.

On Tuesday, a Citi FM article that appeared on Ghanaweb blared out aheadline “Bawumia is not the best candidate for NPP – Amoako Tuffuor.”Meanwhile the only quote that the author could attribute to Dr. AmoakoTuffuor is “why do we bring Bawumia into the picture now when we don’thave any reason to think Nana Addo won’t run. If Nana Addo decides hewon’t run, then this point could be relevant for discussion. We mustget to the river before we cross, rather than jumping and jumping intoanother controversial situation.”

In a phone conversation to bring the said article to his attention,Dr. Amoako Tuffuor angrily said “I never said that. In fact, if NanaAddo decides not to run, I think Dr. Bawumia is our best candidate.”How the quote from the article and the statement from Dr/ AmoakoTuffuor reflect a position that poo poos of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’scandidacy is mysterious at best, and it reflects a bad case ofjournalism by the author.

We urge Citi FM and other Ghanaian media houses to take accuratereporting very seriously and resist the temptation to overlysensationalize their reporting to the extent of actually misreportingthe news. People’s lives can be significantly altered by inaccuratereporting of news.